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Province reaches tentative deal with Alberta Union of Provincial Employees

Aug 18, 2018 | 10:40 AM

EDMONTON – Alberta’s largest public sector union has reached a tentative deal with the provincial government on a new contract.

Details of the three-year agreement for 23,000 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees members were not released.

A mail-in ratification vote is planned over the next few weeks and if approved by members the agreement would expire on March 31, 2020.

Finance Minister Joe Ceci thanked negotiators on both sides.